Author's Note: So sorry that I'm later that I thought I would be on this update. Unidentified Flying Objects struck my braincells. That, and I'm currently in a huge fight with the now-ex-boyfriend. Yada yada..

Clearly we can say real life inspires where my chapters are heading.

Also. This chapter was supposed to be updated a lot earlier today.. but for some reason just would not open up for me. Every website but that would work.. go figure.

All Over Again:

You can't save me,

You can't blame me,

I'm waiting here to take a fall,

And everything, everything's my fault.

-Unwritten Law

One wrong step.. one wrong turn.. disaster.. disaster.. one foot in front of the other, hands out in front for balance.. find your way.. find your way. Death.. death.. everyone's dying. Dead.. dead.. everyone's dead.. bodies everywhere, no one left to save. Crying.. crying.. somebody's crying. That somebody was herself. She was crying.. crying. Going mad.. crazy.. insane. No one else left, no one to save.. no one to save her. Falling.. flying.. falling..

Juliet sat up with a shaky breath. She felt around with her hands and frowned, there was no sand for her hands to grasp onto. Just leaves and twigs. Where the hell was she? She took a deep breath to calm herself down, the strange dream had already put her mind working in overdrive. She felt something warm and sticky on her hands and she frowned, glancing down. Something she dreaded stirred in the pit of her stomach when she noticed she could see her hands. See the blood on them.

She looked around quickly, realizing she could see nothing else. So she was supposed to save herself now? How the hell was she supposed to save herself when she couldn't even figure out where she was and how she got there.

"Juliet..."

Juliet had just gotten to her feet when she heard the voices. Those god-damned whispers in the wind that she could never explain when she'd first come to the island.

"Death.. dead.. dying.. dead.."

"JULIET!"

She found herself glued to the spot she was standing as the wind blew around her. And the only thing she found she could do was listen to the wind.

"Cry.. cry.. tears.. going mad.. going mad.. no one can save you.."

"There she is!" came Kate's voice.

"Juliet!!" Sawyer yelled out, running over to her immediately and leaving Kate, Jack, Sun and Jin behind as they waited. He stared the tears streaming down her face and that was almost enough to tear him apart. But her hands were covered in blood, and there were scrapes and bruises all over her hands where the blood had come from.

Juliet allowed her eyes to trail upwards and she found herself looking directly into Sawyer's eyes. She could see him as well.

"Juliet, what happened?" he asked her quickly, but there was a blank look on her face. He didn't have to ask anything else, he could already tell she was still trying to figure out what happened as well.

"Die for you.. die for you.. he'll die because of you.."

Juliet watched as he went to pull her into his arms and she shook her head and backed away.

"Juliet, dammit.." Sawyer muttered as she stepped away. These mood swings were getting insane. First she was staying away, then she was all over him, now she was trying to stay away again. She had explained the night before, after her incident with shooting Ethan, about Jacob, her eyes, and what Jacob had told her. Then when he woke up this morning, Juliet was gone. Nowhere to be found on the beach, but her trail had been erratic and Kate had picked it up instantly.

It took him a moment for the realization to hit dawn on him. She could see him. "Juliet, calm down.." he stated quietly after a minute. He took another step forward towards her but she backed away again.

Juliet glanced down at her hands again, that swirling darkness was now trailing around her hands and up her arms. She took a deep breath and glanced up at Sawyer coming towards her and she shook her head immediately. The darkness was trailing all around him as well. It was the same darkness that had been around Kate and Claire when Ethan had been about to kill them..

"No.." she whispered, planting her hands on his chest and shoved him backwards before turning and running.

"Sawyer!!" Kate quickly pulled him back to his feet. "The cliff! She's heading toward the damned cliff! She can't see!"

Sawyer was after Juliet in an instant, and catching up to her as well. It wasn't hard to catch someone who could barely balance themselves while they stood let alone someone trying to run and do it. Though he admitted she was doing a damned good job.

"Oh my god.." Claire muttered.

"What is is dear?" Rose questioned, then followed Claire's hand to where her finger was pointing. She watched as Juliet broke out of a clearing on the cliff a little ways away from them with Sawyer not far behind her. "Oh no.." she found herself muttering as well, they had caught everyone's attention.

Everyone was staring at the scene now. Juliet was running without stopping.

"JULIET!!" Sawyer yelled out grabbing her from behind and wrapping both arms tight around her. He let out a breath he didn't even know he was holding after a second as he looked at where they were. About one foot from the edge. "You gotta talk to me, Juliet.." he told her quietly. "You gotta tell me what's wrong.."

"You have to.. you have to let me go," Juliet whispered, struggling to pull herself out of his arms. "You're going to die.. it'll be all my fault, you have to let me go.."

Sawyer locked his arms tighter around her. "Juliet, stop!" he growled out quickly. "You're on the damned ledge of the cliff, two more steps and we're both going over and taking one really unhappy plunge to the rocky ocean bottom.."

Juliet wondered briefly if he was lying to her just to get her to stop. But the slight panic in his voice told her that he was telling the truth. She stopped, turning in his arms and staring directly into his eyes. "I don't know how to save us.."

Sawyer frowned for a moment. "Us?" he questioned quickly, not sure he understood.

"We're both going to die.." she admitted.

Sawyer felt his breath hitch for a moment before he pulled her body tightly against his in an embrace and resting his cheek on the top of her head. "I'm not losin' you again," he assured her pulling away from the embrace briefly to catch her lips with his. "But you gotta stop runnin' from me.."

"I can't.." she whispered. "Staying with you.. you'll die," she told him carefully. "I can't.. I can't let you die for me.."

Sawyer's eyes nearly bulged from his head as she took a step back to clarify her statement. "Jesus!" he growled. "Are you insane? Don't move another step!" he told her immediately. She was just one small step from the edge now.

"James.. I--"

Sawyer nearly felt his heart drop as the ledge crumbled beneath her feet. He dropped down immediately, his hands shooting out and grabbing her bloodied ones. He heard Juliet's shriek as she had lost her footing, he heard the collective screams and yells coming from everyone down on the beach, and he heard his own heart pounding in response. He could feel the ledge beneath him crumbling now as well. She was right.. they were going to die.

"Let me go.." Juliet cried out, staring up into his eyes.

"No," Sawyer answered immediately, tugging her up slowly. The blood on her hands made them slippery and hard to grasp and he felt her hands slipping now. The tears going down her face almost drove him mad, it was as if the incident at the swan was about to happen all over again. "Live together, die alone, you remember that?" he strained to ask her.

Juliet shook her head now. "I--"

"I love you," Sawyer assured her, grasping her hands tighter now. "Don't you dare let go again," he warned her, pulling her up.

Juliet felt herself unable to let go at the statement of 'I love you'. She wasn't sure if the reason behind that was because it had been quite a few days worth of fighting that neither of them said it to each other, or if it was because before her brush with death at The Swan, he'd hardly ever been the one to say it to her first. After a moment she heaved out a breath she wasn't aware she was holding in as he pulled her up and they both fell backwards, her landing on top of him.

She closed her eyes for a moment as she rested her head on his chest and listened to the erratic beating of his heart. She wanted to apologize for acting like an idiot but she couldn't find the words to do so. But she really just wanted to get off this island and live life like normal people by his side. She wouldn't tell him that either though.

"It's you and me blondie.." he whispered into her ear and placed a kiss on her temple. "No matter how much you try and push me away, I told you I ain't goin' nowhere.."

Juliet nodded slightly into his shoulder. "I know.." she whispered in reply. "But.."

"No buts.." Sawyer retorted, watching as she pulled away to stare down into his eyes. "You were right, when you said that I would stay with you forever if you asked me to.." he admitted. "But I'm staying anyways.. because I love you even more for never asking me for anything."

Juliet tilted her head to the side slightly in response. "I don't understand.."

"You don't hold me at any high expectations.." Sawyer stated, placing his hands on her waist. "You love me for me, and that's why I love you.. you don't wanna change me, and.. as much as I hate when you push me away when you're hurting.. if you didn't do that, you wouldn't be you."

Juliet arched both eyebrows up in response. "You're insufferable when you explain things.." she answered quietly with a gentle chuckle.

"Fine," Sawyer said with a short laugh. "We're like two different puzzles that got mixed in the same box, and some jackass pieced us together like a nincompoop.." he told her, pulling her down and placing his lips against hers.

"I see," Juliet replied with a small smile. He was clearly aiming to make her feel better, it was working. "And what exactly does that make us?"

"One really screwed up puzzle.." Sawyer replied. He laughed when she smacked him playfully on the chest. "Hey, by the end we make one helluva good picture."

Juliet laughed now, shaking her head.

Kate glanced at Jack and released a silent chuckle as she shook her head at the two of them. "They're out of their minds.." she whispered.

Jack snorted out a laugh and nodded in agreement. "They're a pretty odd pair.." he agreed.

"Should probably leave them alone to talk this out a little more," Kate suggested. Both her and Jack turned to walk away after Sun and Jin who had walked off moments earlier when they heard it..

The cracks. Crumbles.. Juliet's shrieks.

They both turned around in time to see the ledge crumble beneath them as both Juliet and Sawyer went over the edge.

"Oh my god!" Kate yelled, running towards the remains of the ledge with Jack as they both looked over to see that Juliet had her arm hooked onto a branch and with her other hand she had Sawyer's hand. "Juliet! Hold on!" she screamed down to the blonde as her and Jack both attempted to reach their hands down for hers. No use, she was too far down.

"Sonuvabitch.." Sawyer growled out, daring to glance down at the rocky ocean bottom.

Juliet dared to glance down at him. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" she questioned softly.

Sawyer glanced up at her. "I get the feeling what we're thinking could probably kill us.." he muttered out.

Juliet took a deep breath. "Well?"

Sawyer stared directly into her eyes. "Let's do it.." he decided.

"Do what?!" Jack yelled down at them.

Kate looked equally as paranoid as Jack did at the moment.

"I'll go first, seeing as I'm on the bottom.." Sawyer decided, daring to glance down again.

Juliet nodded her head slightly. "James.."

"Love ya," Sawyer stated, grinning up at her. "When I say let go.. do it.."

Juliet nodded once more. "I love you too.."

Sawyer took a deep breath and released it as he planted his feet against the side of the cliff. "Ready?"

"Yes.."

"Let go.."

Juliet did..

"What the hell are you doing?!" Kate screeched out, watching as Juliet let Sawyer's hand go.

Jack knew exactly what Sawyer had done. "Juliet, reach your hand up! We can pull you up if you reach your hand up!"

Juliet shook her head. "I think I'll take my chances with James.."

"What?!" Kate growled out flabbergasted.

Juliet smiled up at them for a moment before planting her feet firmly against the side as well.

Jack shook his head now as well. "Don't you dare, we can pull you up, there's no damned point in jumping down there too!" he yelled at her. "Juliet!"

Juliet ignored him as she readied herself, because she didn't have the guts to look down and see if she could see the water. If she could see it, then she knew that would be the death of her.. So she sucked in a deep breath, kicked her legs off the side of the cliff and let go with her hand. And then she was going down. Falling. Flying. Falling.

()()TBC()()

I'll update again tomorrow, promise. Its my day off! Sorry about the cliffhanger, but one: I have to pee real bad. Two: I'm a designated driver and I have to go pick up a couple drunks. And three: Well.. I'm just really mean.